Felipe Massa, who qualified tenth, will not start following his crash in Q2. The cars behind him will move up the grid as per article 36.3 of the sporting regulations (“If one or more cars are withdrawn the grid will be closed up accordingly.”)

That was an incredible qualifying. Looks like that’s it for Piquet, qualifying 15th in a car that can take pole position just isn’t acceptable. Although I wonder who can replace him and do any better =/

Romain Grossjean is a shoe-in for his seat. He is fast and French – a great combination for Renault. We shall see can he do a better job then Piquet but frankly, he is the worst driver on the current grid (ok, Alguersari excluded, he is an unknown factor).

The only reason I didn’t want Alonso on pole was so that Eddie Jordan wouldn’t go on about his amazing prediction ad infinitum.
I’ll make a prediction now then – Alonso is the lightest car.
Losing the timing there was annoying but worth it for the confusion amongst the drivers at the end – especially Jenson’s exclamation at Alonso’s time.
I just hope Lewis went for the long game and fuelled strategically for a chance at the podium!

i reckon alonso’s running light to get the early advantage given that overtaking is pretty well impossible. i think the red bulls will be fuelled longer so should benefit after the first round of pit stops.i can’t imagine alonso flying off down the road though so hopefuly vettel and webber can stay in touch. hamilton could play a significant role as well. good to see button down the grid a bit (for red bull that is)…

I’m guessing Renault have fuelled Alonso light in the hope that other cars, particularly Red Bulls, will get held up by the Mclarens and possibly Kimi with the KERS. Also looks like Webber is in a better position than Vettel due to the grippier side of the grid, and Rosberg from 5th. It’s almost guaranteed that Hamilton will get ahead of Vettel at the start though. Just shows how difficult the strategy is for the non-KERS teams now